To request electronic copies of the readings, please email [email protected].
Lent 2019
Session 1
5:30-7:30 PM
Hughes Hall, Margaret Wileman building, Combination room
Come out to our first Cambridge Queer Theory event of the year! Exploring the intersections between queer theory and nationalism, we've selected the following readings/screening pair:
Film Screening
Out of Iraq (2016)
Dr. Chris McKim & Eva Orner
Reading:
Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times
by Jasbir K. Puar
(Preface & Introduction)
Link: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/550a1c94e4b0545b6579edde/t/5ad37225aa4a99046700bd88/1523806764097/Terrorist_Assemblages_Homonationalism_in_Queer_Times_Jasbir_Puar_2007.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0vuK8kgwKQL1x0WmYYUUQo75HVQLlODp0-LQw70c2uOCGpaRTEBis--Gc
Cambridge Queer Theory (CQT) is an interdisciplinary reading group based in the Department of Sociology and brings together graduate students and faculty from across the university to explore Queer Theory in academia and beyond.
http://www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/437/421
Optional Reading #1: "Assessing Sexual Orientation-Based Persecution" by Deniz Akin
Optional Reading #2: "Archives of Intimacy and Trauma" by Melissa Autumn White
Optional Reading #3: "Rethinking Queer Migration Through the Body" by Andrew Gorman-Murray
Accessibility information:
Margaret Wileman Building
The Margaret Wileman Building is a listed building which contains offices, the Pavilion Room, the Learning Resources Centre and MCR bar on the ground floor. There are student rooms and further offices on the first floor. Staff will meet students and visitors elsewhere if necessary.
The main entrance to Margaret Wileman building is up three steps, with a handrail. There is no bell, but the reception office is immediately inside the entrance on the right. Other entrances also have steps; level access from Pavilion Room end is possible to the adjacent parts of the building only (Academic Office, Bursary Office and Council room) as there are three steps in the middle of the corridor.
There are currently no evacuation chairs or other evacuation facilities. Please contact the Disability Equality Officer [email protected] in advance or Porter if you will need help evacuating in an emergency